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How much rain fell in Ellon, Aberdeenshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Ellon, heaviest in the hour to Sun 06:00 (1.5mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esslemont House | 0.0km | 16.0mm | 42.4mm | 61.6mm | 6.2mm |
| Balmedie STW nr Balmedie | 13.3km | 24.8mm | 49.2mm | 68.0mm | 7.6mm |
| Hatton No 2 nr Hatton | 14.0km | 16.8mm | 51.8mm | 76.2mm | 6.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 19.2mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Esslemont House.
The rain gauges near Ellon do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 1990 (2,220 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,275 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ellon gets about 824 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 101 mm; driest April, 54 mm). That is drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.1 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ellon's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ellon's monitored area. None of the 3 with a live status is discharging right now.
Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © Scottish Water, near-real-time Overflow Map data, open licence for reuse. EDM monitors indicate overflows; they do not confirm them, and this is not advice on water quality.
Town in northern Scotland
Ellon is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 16 miles north of Aberdeen, lying on the River Ythan, which has one of the few undeveloped river estuaries on the eastern coast of Scotland. It had a population of 10,126 in 2022.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
19.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Ellon.
October so far: 68.6mm, from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Ellon. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Esslemont House is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ellon's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
Rainfall data: SEPA rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of Ellon's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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